MORE: 'Could it be that the United States is looking for a pretext to abandon the INF Treaty, while, obviously, blaming Russia for it?' questioned the envoy at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, California https://t.co/G2Ga9ZJ9SPpic.twitter.com/syMMJpm6hq

DETAILS: 'Recently, we hear more and again statements from the US military command that the country requires intermediate- and short-range missiles to deter China,' said Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov https://t.co/G2Ga9ZJ9SPpic.twitter.com/IQgTx27y7A